Be lucky, bluntly, you’re getting it at all in this market and in this economy.

Frankly, the titles failed — pretty much across the board. They were not nearly enough to keep two formerly-viable companies afloat, and, realistically, though it does alienate those few who actually did buy volumes of the series involved, that number, at the end of the day, should not have justified Funi doing more than some sort of a redemption program-sale for those who had individual volumes.

I’ve never really been enthused over Season Set releases, but if it keeps the anime community on its feet for another year or two until it gains its former strength, then so be it.

ADV didn’t actually drop these titles. The Japanese company that owns them pulled their licenses and gave them to Funimation instead (presumably because they were unhappy with ADVs sales or handling of the titles.) That is one thing that sort of complicates matters here. ADV may or may not have been/still be on shaky ground but unless they had gone flat out out of business they would have still released those final volumes if the licenses had not been taken away.

At the same time, fans of these shows should be grateful they’re being released at all. Considering a different company is handling the distribution, I think fans should cut them a little slack. It’s not Funimation’s fault that ADV dropped these series mid-run. We should be thankful they picked up the slack at all.

When this is done by the company that’s distributing the DVDs in the first place, though, yeah, that’s a kick in the teeth.